Citizens Traveling Abroad

CITIZEN TRAVELING ABROAD REGISTRY
Any Portuguese citizens traveling abroad can now register on the website of the Portuguese Communities : www.secomunidades.pt

To do so , fill out a form which notes :

• the name ,
• self- contact and contact in Portugal ,
• duration of travel,
• itinerary and places installed, and the data collected is confidential and intended solely to be addressed by the Directorate General for Consular Affairs and Portuguese Communities in the framework of its powers to consular protection and will be destroyed 15 days after completion of travel .

CONSULAR OFFICE OF EMERGENCY
autonomous service operating 24 hours a day , with the purpose of providing consular emergency support to Portuguese nationals residing abroad or in transit .

Primary functions are replying and forwarding emergency situations as well as ensuring data processing , in particular in situations of risk, natural disaster , political crisis or calamity .